1.+Technological+&+Environmental+Transformations+to+c.+600+B.C.E.+(Foundations)

Friday 8/24/17 1. Download the ppt below 2. Use the ppt, the text books in the room, and the links in the ppt to complete your SPICE chart.

Monday 8/26/16 1. Here is the temporary link to the Honors Book:

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2. Here is a copy of the APWH Ch 2 if you did not finish. 

3. __**APWH only**__: read Ch 3 below for homework for __**next Tuesday**__, __**September 6, 2016**__ 
 * Take Cornell Notes (CN).
 * You will have a quiz for a major grade over the Chapter so take good CN.
 * Be sure to write the questions from the chapter in the margins
 * Write an analysis at the end explaining what happened and why it's important.
 * In your CN include summaries of each of the major headings and sub-headings on pg 117, including Reflections

__8/26-27/15 Tuesday and Wednesday__ __1. Read pages 20-45 in the attachment below and take Cornell Notes (CN).__ __2. Compare/contrast the defferences between the Paleolithic/Neolithic Eras and write questions inquiring about these differences in the left-hand column.__ __3. Look at the map on pages 28-29 and discuss the locations of the settlements. Where were they located? Why?__ __4. Share your notes and summaries with your partner. Suggest constructive ways that they can improve their notes.__

__8/28/15 Thursday__ __1. Use the power point below, the web, and your text book to complete the chart.__ __2. Go to the Textbook server and follow the links to the blue Glencoe World History textbook. Read pages 29-31. On the back of your SPICE chart, make a graphic organizer and summarize the characteristics of a civilization.__

_ 8/19/15 Friday 1. Read Chapter 2 in your textbook and below. Pay particular attention to the map on pages 64-65. 2. As you read about each civilization, take your notes on the attached SPICE chart. 3. Complete one SPICE chart for each of the following civilizations: 4. Use your textbook and the following websites to help you. [|ttp://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html] Mesopotamia [] Egypt [] China [] India
 * Mesopotamia
 * Indus Valley
 * Egypt
 * Shang/ZhouChina

5. Glencoe/Pre-AP resources: Mesopotamia: Ch 2 Section 1 pp 36-44 Egypt: Ch 2 Section 2 pp 45-53 Indus Valley: Ch 3 Section 1 pp 71-79 Shang China: Ch 3 Section 3 pp 88-94

6. Pay attention to specifics in each of the major categories: you will be writing a comparative essay on 2 of these civilizations so be sure that you write good bullets for each topic.

_ __9/3/15 Thursday__

__ 1. Copy the Venn Diagram and read about the Fertile Crescent Law Codes in the attachment below. __ __2. Read pages__ **41, & 44 about the Code of Hammurabi and page 60** __about the 10 Commandments in Chapter 2 in the attachment below. Then, read the information in the attachment entitled Ancient Law codes about the Code of Hammurabi, the 10 Commandments, and the Rule of Law. Add the information that you learn from your readings to your Venn Diagram.Your Venn Diagram should have at least 5__ **specific** __differences and 5__ **specific** __similarities.__ **Do not copy from the texts or from the hand-out's introduction.**



__Tuesday 9/8/15__

__1. Finish your Code of Hammurabi Venn diagrams.__ __2. Take notes over the attached ppt slides on ESPN/HAPPI.__

__3. To correct your River Valley quiz, watch the following Crash Course Videos and take CN.__ __4. Be sure to summarize the main points in each video and to include an analysis explaining what you learned and why each River Valley was significant.__ **This will raise your quiz to a 70.**

__**Mesopotamia**:__ __https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/crash-course1/crash-course-world-history/what-happens-when-you-stay-put/v/crash-course-world-history-03__

__**Egypt**:__ __https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/crash-course1/crash-course-world-history/what-happens-when-you-stay-put/v/crash-course-world-history-04__

__**Indus Valley:**__ __https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/crash-course1/crash-course-world-history/what-happens-when-you-stay-put/v/crash-course-world-history-02__

__**China**:__ __https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/crash-course1/crash-course-world-history/so-thats-where-that-comes-from/v/crash-course-world-history-07__

__5. After students have taken their CN, they must come in during tutoring hours and take another version of the quiz.__ __6. To raise your quiz to an 85, you must complete the videos and the CN over them 1st.__ **Then, you must come in before NLT 8:20 on 8/17/15 and re-take a different version of the River Valley Quiz.**__




 * Wednesday 9/9/15**
 * 1. Take CN as I discuss the format for the Compare and Contrast essay.**
 * 2. Analyze the thesis statements on the attached hand-out.**
 * 3. Write a"B" beside the thesis statements which best answers the prompt.**
 * 4. Write the letters "NW" for thesis statements that "need work" and don't answer the prompt.**
 * 5. Justify your answer by writing a short sentence beneath each thesis statement explaining why the statement needs work or is best.**



_ [[file:Compare & Contrast Essay Format.pdf]] [[file:CC Ancient Civilizations docx pre-write.doc]]
Thursday-Friday September 10-11 2015

1. Use your SPICE chart, chapter 2 in Strayer and Chapters 2 and 3 in Glencoe to help you complete the attached pre-writing hand-out. 2. Makes sure that you have complete information with solid facts and evidence from your readings and research that __//**answers the prompt (A.P.).**//__ 3. Put the information __//**in your own words.**// //**Do not copy from the text book or the internet**//.__ 4. Remember to bring a blue or black pen and notebook paper for your essay tomorrow.





9/16/15 Wednesday
=1. Use the Cram Packet for Period 2: Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies (Classical Civilizations), the text book.and the internet to create a poster and a presentation on Classical Civilizations.= =2. Due at the beginning of class Monday, 21 September 2015= = = =Use the link below to access research materials.=